I want a word to refer to words and names collectively, and a word to refer to peeing and pooing collectively (not “relieving yourself” since that is disgusting)
Excrete.
Discharge.
Slay.
Word???
Submitted 5 months ago by Someasy@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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Deestan@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Someasy@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Void
I think this is the one.
Deestan@lemmy.world 5 months ago
“I feel a void inside me. Brb.”
Someasy@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Thank you for your contributions.
MxM111@kbin.social 5 months ago
Voiding
Excreting
Evacuating
EliminatingAnd yes, word is the word.
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 5 months ago
“use the restroom”
Someasy@lemmy.world 5 months ago
What if you’re in the jungle?
weariedfae@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I work outdoors, often in remote locations. Phrases I have used:
Make friends with a tree. Speak with a tree/have a conversation with a tree. Commune with the bushes. Wander over this way alone.
My field partner often speaks of watering or fertilizing the forest, which I find distasteful because it gives a sense of which act they’re performing and I really don’t need to know that about my boss.
amio@kbin.social 5 months ago
Names are words, so "words" refer to both collectively. "Elimination [of waste]" or "voiding" for the second one.
kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 5 months ago
A word for word and names? Nomenclature, terminology, lexicon…
A word for peeing and pooping collectively? Most words have other uses, but also pertain to both bathroom activities, like Excretion, evacuation, expulsion, waste, elimination… There are better words that specifically refer to each act individually, but not collectively. Just for peeing there’s micturate, and just for pooping there’s defecate.
Someasy@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Urinate > micturate tbh… micturate sounds like you’re doing something ungodly to a mouse.
jemikwa@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 months ago
Online, we call it a “bio break” or just “bio” because it can also include getting more water or snacks
Someasy@lemmy.world 5 months ago
“Entering meatspace for a lil bit” 🤓
Someasy@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Sorry I didn’t mean to make fun, bio break is an excellent term
guyrocket@kbin.social 5 months ago
Elimination
CarlsIII@kbin.social 5 months ago
Names are words. And make up one for the pooping and peeing thing. Something like peeooping, only more proactive.
Someasy@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Peelooping
Someasy@lemmy.world 5 months ago
This sounds like a different thing I’m imagining now. If anyone’s seen Upload…
EsteemedRectangle@lemmynsfw.com 5 months ago
One word? You should make up on, and see if it sticks.
Suggestions:
- peeping
- definate (pronounced deff-eh-nate)
- jettison
- expel
Someasy@lemmy.world 5 months ago
If anyone is interested, you can call food and drink collectively “vinctuals”. That’s another one I was looking for.
GreenPlasticSushiGrass@kbin.social 5 months ago
"Victuals" is the source of the term "vittles", if you're feeling particularly folksy.
Someasy@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Brilliant! Thanks
Nemo@midwest.social 5 months ago
“Refreshments” sounds more natural.
Someasy@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I guess it does, but it also seems to imply a small snack or small drink rather than being able to refer to meals and drinks of any size…
Jaywarbs@kbin.social 5 months ago
“Titles”?
KISSmyOS@lemmy.world 5 months ago
If you think “relieving yourself” is disgusting, use a polite white lie.
Just say you’re going to the bathroom to snort coke.CarlsIII@kbin.social 5 months ago
How would language have ever come about then?
Someasy@lemmy.world 5 months ago
“1s and 2s”? … no, not good enough.
Junkers_Klunker@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Wat